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the phyllaries, causing much exposure of the herbaceous portion. The 
partial denudation of the cilia is, I think, accidental. The buds also are 
much longer in proportion to their width than in ordinary nigra, and 
the central florets nearly white, contrasting strongly with the brightly- 
coloured exterior ones. It may be only a state of nigra. Its characters 
are much obscured in dried specimens. — A. H. Wolley-Dod. 
Centaurea 7 iigra, L., form with large florets. Lower Wych, Cheshire, 
13th Aug., 1894. A very beautiful form, but, I suppose, no more. Its 
peculiarity consists in its large, trumpet-shaped florets, all of which 
have the segments of the limb brightly coloured and spreading, and 
being mostly longer than their stamens, the anthodes have a much 
handsomer appearance than the normal form, which is usually pale in 
the middle from the comparatively slight development of the corolla 
limbs of the central florets. At first sight this plant looks like a rayed 
form, but is not, though the outer florets often spread considerably. 
Another minor point is that the tube of the corolla is not suddenly 
contracted below the insertion of the stamens, but tapers nearly uni- 
formly. The dried florets I have put on some of the sheets do not 
exhibit their characteristics well. The form (?) seems pretty general, 
but I have found it most abundant in and about the VVyches, which 
separate Cheshire from Flintshire. — A. H. Wolley-Dod. 
C. nigra, L. / 3 . pallens, Koch. Slopes over Upper Hailing, W. 
Kent, 19th Aug., 1894. Named by Mr. Ar. Bennett. — A. H. 
Wolley-Dod. 
Crepis virens, L, (near var. agrestis ?). Cloverfields, Walton, 
Lancashire, 21st July, 1894. — J. A. Wheldon. C. agrestis, W. K., 
according to Koch (‘ Flora,’ p. 440), has heads double the usual size. 
There is nothing remarkable about the size of the heads here. — 
W. R. L. 
C. tectorwn, L. forma. Chilworth, Surrey, 30th Aug., 1894. 
From newly turned ground near Chilworth, near planted fruit trees, 
and associated with Euphorbia Esula L. ; and Crepis virefis, L. in 
abundance. A form approaching C. vii-ens, L., but differing in the 
downy receptacle, revolute upper leaves and brown achenes. — S. T. 
Dunn. A somewhat slender form of C. virens, wuth achenes of the 
usual fuscous brown colour. Neither phyllaries nor fruit will do for 
tectorum. — W. R. L. 
Hieraciujn Pilosella, L. var. 7 iigrescens, Fries. Root from Can- 
lochan Glen, Forfar, 1892, Garden, Milford, 15th June, 1894. — E. S. 
Marshall. ‘Journ. of Bob’ 1893, p. 232. 
H. lingulatum, Backh. Alpine cliffs, Ben Beithin, Argyle, 
5th Aug., 1894. — W. A. Shoolbred. 
H. iricum, Fries, (fide F. J. Hanbury.) Sandstone cliffs at sea- 
shore, south side of Pegal Bay, Waas, Orkney, 22nd Aug., 1894. — 
II. H. Johnston. Mr. Hanbury again confirms the name, but 
deprecates such poor specimens being sent. 
H. clovense, Linton, var. Griffithii, Hanb. Nant Francon, Car- 
narvonshire, 22nd August, 1894. I was directed, through the 
kindness of Mr. Griffith, to the locality for this plant in Nant Francon. 
